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QDF vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees

QDF and VTI hold 36% of their weight in the same names, and QDF returned +17.4% over the year. Net assets: $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF, and $689.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF.

VTI costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points.

QDF vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees
QDFVTI
Expense ratio0.39%0.03%
Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026$2.2bn$689.2bn
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+16.8%
What it tracksNorthern Trust Quality Dividend IndexCRSP US Total Market Index
Holdings in common36%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.4%33.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

+17.4%
QDF total return, 1 year
+16.8%
VTI total return, 1 year
0.39%
QDF expense ratio
0.03%
VTI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QDF and VTI hold 36% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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36% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding QDF VTI
NVIDIA Corp. 6.33% 6.88%
Apple, Inc. 8.67% 6.30%
Microsoft Corp. 3.97% 5.11%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.40% 2.70%
Broadcom, Inc. 4.01% 2.38%
Alphabet, Inc. 1.95% 2.12%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.56% 1.29%
Johnson & Johnson 2.81% 0.87%
Eli Lilly & Co. 0.71% 1.33%
AbbVie, Inc. 2.94% 0.61%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 2.96% 0.53%
Lam Research Corp. 2.57% 0.51%
Only in QDF
Electronic Arts, Inc. 0.56%
Southern Copper Corp. 0.52%
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 0.51%
Blue Owl Capital Corp. 0.48%
Anglogold Ashanti plc 0.45%
Autoliv, Inc. 0.27%
Amdocs Ltd. 0.23%
BANK OF MONTREAL CHICAGO 0.09%
Only in VTI
Amazon.com Inc 3.41%
Meta Platforms Inc 1.70%
Micron Technology Inc 1.47%
Tesla Inc 1.40%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.23%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.04%
Walmart Inc 0.62%
Palantir Technologies Inc 0.55%

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On the same fields

QDF
Northern Trust Quality Dividend ETF
VTI
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Northern Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of US total market
Total return, 1 year +17.4% +16.8%
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 85.9% 88.1%
Holdings 123 3509
Net assets, QDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.2bn $689.2bn

QDF and VTI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About QDF

QDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 123 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%.

About VTI

VTI tracks an index of US total market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,509 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QDF or VTI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QDF returned +17.4% and VTI +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, QDF or VTI?
VTI is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QDF and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of QDF and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
QDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VTI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VTI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VTI ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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